Academic Honesty Contract

Academic honesty is an important element of learning. The primary reason academic dishonesty is unacceptable in EIU is because it basically wipes out the personal integrity of the students involved. If a student is ever concerned about an action, it is best to ask for guidance.

I hereby pledge that I shall not take part in any activities that constitute Academic Dishonesty. Actions constituting violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to, the following:

Cheating

Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise. Examples include copying from another’s assignment, receiving unauthorized assistance, or collaborating without the consent of the instructor.

Fabrication

Intentional and unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise.

Multiple Submissions

Submission of academic work for which academic credit has already been earned, when such submission is made without authorization from the instructor.

Plagiarism

Intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas of another as one’s own. This includes word-for-word copying; interspersing one’s own words while essentially copying another’s work; rewriting another’s work while using the original idea or theory without proper citation; inventing sources; submitting another’s work as one’s own; or neglecting quotation marks on otherwise acknowledged material.

Misuse of Academic Materials

Receiving forbidden assistance in locating or using sources; unauthorized alteration, forgery or falsification of academic records; hacking or attempting to hack.

Complicity in Academic Dishonesty or Facilitating Academic Dishonesty

Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another violate this policy or otherwise contributing to another’s acts of academic dishonesty.